15 The Coal Mine

CHAPTER 15 The Coal Mine The next day, the 20th of February, I woke up very late. It was eleven o'clock before I got dressed and headed for the saloon to check the compass for our direction. It said we were heading south at a speed of twenty miles an hour and at a depth of fifty fathoms. I noticed the species of fish out the windows. I had seen even the rare ones so much that I hardly thought about them anymore. And yet

第十五章煤矿第二天，2月20日，我起得很晚。 11点钟的时候，我才穿好衣服，朝客厅走去，查看罗盘，确定我们的方向。 它说我们正以每小时二十海里的速度在五十英寻的深度向南驶去。 我注意到了窗外各种各样的鱼。 即使是那些稀有的，我也看得太多了，以至于我几乎不再想它们了。 然而,

they were of incredible color and spirit. By four o'clock I began to grow tired. I was worn out from the long night before. I went back to my cabin and spent the evening quietly before going to bed. It was eight o'clock the next day when I entered the saloon. I looked at the instruments. They said the Nautilus was floating on the surface of the ocean. I heard footsteps above me. I went to the platform, but instead of broad daylight, I was surrounded by blackness. Was it still night? No, not a star was shining. I didn't know what to think when a voice near me said: "Is that you, Professor?" "Ah! Captain," I answered. "Where are we?" "Underground, sir." "Underground!" I exclaimed. "And the Nautilus is still floating?" "It always floats," "But I don't understand."

它们的颜色和精神都令人难以置信。 到四点钟时，我开始感到疲倦。 昨晚的长夜使我疲惫不堪。 我回到我的小屋，静静地度过了晚上，然后上床睡觉。 当我走进酒馆时，已经是第二天八点钟了。 我看了看那些乐器。 他们说诺第留斯号浮在海面上。 我听到头顶上有脚步声。 我走到月台上，但我周围不是光天化日，而是一片漆黑。 还是晚上吗？不，没有一颗星星在闪烁。 我不知道该怎么想，这时我身边一个声音说：“是您吗，教授？”“啊!船长，”我回答。 “我们在哪儿？”“地下,先生。” “地下!”我叫道。 “诺第留斯号还浮在水面上吗？”“它总是浮在水面上。”“但我不明白。”

"Wait a few minutes. Our lanterns will be lit and you will see." I stood on the platform and waited. It was so dark that I couldn't even see Captain Nemo. The lantern was lit. I closed my eyes for a second and then looked again. The Nautilus was stopped, floating near a mountain. We were in a lake with high walls all around us. "Where are we?" I asked. "In an old volcano that stopped working years ago," Captain Nemo replied. "How did we get in here?" I asked. "The ocean water formed a canal like a ditch to lead us in here. We are safe. We use this volcano quite often. We get our energy here." "What do you mean?" I asked, trying to figure out how that could work. "We mine the coal out of the rock," Captain Nemo said. "That is how we get our power." It was funny. I had never really thought of that before. Now that I knew about this place,

“等几分钟。我们的灯笼会被点亮，你会看到的。” 我站在站台上等着。 天很黑，我甚至看不见尼摩船长。 灯是亮着的。我闭上眼睛一秒钟，然后又看了看。 诺第留斯号停了下来，浮在一座山的附近。 我们在一个四面高墙环绕的湖中。 “我们在哪儿？”我问。“在一座多年以前就不活动的老火山里。”尼摩船长回答。 “我们是怎么进来的？”我问。 “海水形成了一条像沟渠一样的运河，把我们引到了这里。 我们很安全。我们经常使用这座火山。 我们从这里获得能量。”“你是什么意思？”我问道，试图弄清楚这是怎么回事。 “我们从岩石中开采煤。”尼摩船长说。 “我们就是这样获得力量的。” 这很有趣。我以前从未真正想过这个问题。 既然我知道了这个地方，

and about how the beast kept going, it was a wonderful addition to the story of the submarine. "We will be working here today," the captain said. "If you and your friends would like to look around the cavern, you may go ahead." I thanked the captain and went to look for Ned and Conseil. As I did, I wondered if Captain Nemo had any idea how much Ned wanted to leave. Did he know we were planning an escape? Was he going to have his own plan for keeping us away from land to make our try impossible? I invited my two friends to follow me without telling them where we were going. It was hard to surprise Conseil with anything, for he was always one step ahead of me. That's the way it was today. And Ned, rather than enjoying the day, thought of nothing other than finding out if we could get off the mountain through the cavern. Despite the fact that they didn't share my feelings of excitement, we spent the rest of the

关于这只野兽是如何继续前进的，这是对潜艇故事的精彩补充。 “我们今天将在这里工作，”船长说。 “如果你和你的朋友们想看看洞穴，你们可以去看看。” 我谢过船长，就去找尼德-兰和康塞尔。 我一面走，一面想尼摩船长是否知道尼德-兰是多么想离开。 他知道我们计划逃跑吗？ 他会不会有自己的计划，让我们远离陆地，使我们的尝试无法实现？ 我邀请我的两个朋友跟我一起去，但没有告诉他们我们要去哪里。 我很难使康塞尔感到惊奇，因为他总是在我前面走一步。 这就是今天的情况。 尼德-兰不去享受这一天，只想知道我们能不能从山洞里出去。 尽管他们没有分享我的兴奋之情，我们还是度过了接下来的时光

day exploring. As we climbed on board the Nautilus at the end of the day, we saw that the crew had just finished loading the coal. The ship could have left right then, but Captain Nemo gave no order. Did he want to wait until tonight and leave secretly in the dark? Was this just in case we did try to sneak away? Perhaps so. Whatever it was, the next day the Nautilus steered clear of all land. It made me wonder about the captain even more. For nineteen days the Nautilus stayed in the middle of the Atlantic, carrying us at a speed of one hundred leagues a day. Nothing of any importance happened during this long time. However, Ned seemed to grow angrier by the day. It was as if the captain was purposely trying to keep the ship in the middle of the waters. By March 13th, we had traveled about thirteen thousand leagues since our departure in the Pacific. My companions came to me in my room.

天探索。这一天快结束的时候，当我们登上诺第留斯号的时候，我们看到船员们刚刚把煤装好。 船本来可以马上离开的，但是尼摩船长没有命令。 他想等到今晚，在黑暗中偷偷离开吗？ 这是为了防止我们偷偷溜走吗？ 也许如此。不管怎样，第二天，诺第留斯号避开了陆地。 这使我更加怀疑船长了。 诺第留斯号在大西洋中间航行了十九天，以每天一百里的速度载着我们。 在这段很长的时间里，没有发生什么重要的事情。 然而，奈德似乎一天比一天生气。 就好像船长故意把船停在水面中央。 到3月13日为止，我们从太平洋出发，走了大约一万三千里。 我的同伴来到我的房间。

"I have a simple question to ask you," Ned said. "Speak, Ned." "How many men do you think there are on board the Nautilus?" "I can't tell, my friend," I said. "I would say that the jobs here do not need a large crew." "I agree," I said. "I would say ten men at the most." I let Ned talk on for a bit about how much air each man used up on the Nautilus each day and how many men could survive for certain amounts of time. I did feel sorry for the man. He must be so unhappy here on the ship. I still wasn't sorry enough to make my feelings match his. I was quite happy on the Nautilus and looked forward to tomorrow already.

“我有一个简单的问题要问您。” “说话,内德。”“您看诺第留斯号船上有多少人？”“我不知道，我的朋友，”我说。 “我想说，这里的工作不需要很多人。” “我同意，”我说。“我觉得最多十个人。” 我让尼德-兰谈谈诺第留斯号上每个人每天要消耗多少空气，多少人能在一定的时间内生存下来。 我确实为他感到难过。 他在船上一定很不开心。 我的遗憾还不足以让我的感觉和他的一样。 我在诺第留斯号上过得很愉快，已经开始盼望明天了。